HO POULTRY BREEDING IN 



with lattice or wire work, and serve for turkeys to hatch 

 any kind of eggs. Similar boxes, but of smaller dimen- 

 sions, are provided for broody fowls. The bed of the 

 boxes is formed of heather, straw, hay, or cocoa fibres ; 

 and the number of eggs for turkeys to hatch is two dozen, 

 and one dozen for hens. 



At any time of the year, turkeys, whether broody or 

 not, are taught to hatch in the following manner : Some 

 addled eggs are emptied, then filled with plaster of Paris, 

 then placed into a nest; after which a turkey is fetched 

 from the yard, and placed on the eggs, and covered over 

 with lattice : for the first forty-eight hours she will en- 

 deavor to get out of her confinement, but soon becomes 

 reconciled to it, when fresh eggs are substituted for the 

 plaster of Paris ones ; they will then continue to hatch, 

 without intermission, from three to six months, and even 

 longer ; the chickens being withdrawn as soon as hatched, 

 and fresh eggs substituted : after the third day the eggs 

 are examined, and the clear eggs withdrawn, which are 

 then sold in the market for new laid ; but, as they may be 

 soiled or discolored from having been sat upon, they clean 

 them with water and silver-sand to restore their original 

 whiteness. 



The turkeys are taken off their nest once a day, to feed, 

 and to remove their excrements from the nest ; but, after 

 a while, they cease self-feeding, when it is necessary to 

 cram them, and give them some water once a day. 



Amongst some places I visited, in company with two 

 of your shareholders, may be mentioned the farm of 

 Madame La Marquise de la BrifTe, Chateau de Neuville, 

 Gambais, near Houdan, where we observed twelve tur- 



